Alexandra Tampakopoulos

"She thinks two or three steps ahead and is very quick at decision making." "Alexandra is enormously experienced in inquests, and is an excellent advocate who has good forensic ability and builds a good rapport with clients."

Alexandra has cultivated a diverse practice flowing from her experience defending and prosecuting serious crime. She has developed an expertise in Inquests and Public Inquiries and has been instructed in a number of complex and high profile cases including in relation to Alexander Litvinenko, Hillsborough and the ‘SAS Inquest’ involving the death of three army reservists from heat illness in the Brecon Beacons. Most recently she has been instructed to act in relation to the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry as well as the inquests into the Manchester Arena bombings.

Alexandra is also recognised as a criminal regulatory defence specialist in all matters of Health & Safety, Food Safety and Fire Safety. She has significant experience advising and acting for individual and corporate clients across a wide range of industries including Energy, Construction, Retail, Manufacturing and Agriculture. Recent instructions include advising in relation to the Didcot A Power Station collapse and the Grenfell Tower fire.

Alexandra is ranked as a Leading Individual for Inquests and Public Inquiries and Health & Safety in the 2019 Chambers & Partners UK legal directory. She was also nominated as Health and Safety Junior of the Year in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2018 and Public Law Junior of the Year by The Legal 500 in 2018.

Alexandra speaks fluent Russian and is frequently instructed in matters requiring her Russian language skills and specialist knowledge of Russia and the CIS region.

Before coming to the Bar Alexandra lived in Russia for several years where she worked for Human Rights Watch and then BP.

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